Jamaica Plain Gazette: Ethos Wins Major Award for West Roxbury Program March 1, 2013 The Jamaica Plain-based elder services agency Ethos recently won a major award—including $10,000 in cash and $100,000 in capacity-building help—for its AgeWell West Roxbury program from…
Ray Santos, director of community relations for Ethos presents at the Social Innovation Forum Showcase, an annual event where selected social innovators share about their organizations and programs in front of a group of social investors. AgeWell West Roxbury mobilizes…
West Roxbury Roslindale Bulletin: Ethos Volunteers Rally to Shovel for Seniors Feburary 21, 2013 Thanks to a well-orchestrated campaign, 25 seniors were shoveled out and not stranded during the biggest blizzard Massachusetts has seen in quite some time. “Our shoveling campaign worked…
www.boston.com: West Roxbury Resident Concetta “Connie” Falanga Turns 100 Years Old February 21, 2013 Concetta Connie Falanga of West Roxbury turned 100 years old on Thursday. She received a birthday cake and flowers from staff at Ethos, a nonprofit that…
Snow-shoveling Volunteers form Part of “Village” Feburary 12, 2013 Like their neighbors, Rosé Saltzman, 80, and her husband, Ira, of West Roxbury, watched the approach of winter storm with anxious anticipation. Fortunately, one worry was off their shoulders: Thanks to…
With a major snow storm expected to dump between two and three feet of snow in the Boston area, Ethos’ Meals on Wheels drivers race to deliver meals before roads become impassable. Ethos’ Executive Director Dale Mitchell speaks about the…
West Roxbury Patch: Coppinger: No Funding for AgeWell West Roxbury in Govenor’s Budget January 25, 2013 Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick proposed a $34.8 billion budget on Wednesday, which included no funding for the valued AgeWell West Roxbury program. But it’s…
AgeWell West Roxbury is an Ethos-sponsored initiative that promotes the development of an age-friendly community and the creation of successful aging- in-place strategies for the Boston neighborhood with the highest concentration and highest absolute number of elders. AgeWell collaborates with…
For 39 years, Ethos’ goal has been to provide the elders of southwest Boston with quality, affordable and culturally-appropriate home and community-based care so that they can remain in their homes. As we enter our Annual Fundraising Drive, there are…
Each day in Massachusetts, there are 54 reports of suspected elder abuse (20,000 per year), according figures reported in 2011 by Mass Home Care, an elder services advocacy group. In Boston alone, there were over 7,000 cases of suspected elder…